A few days later, it ushered in the 7th Spring Festival since Chen Xin's crossing. And the time has also successfully entered the 7th year of the fire.

It is completely different from the situation in previous years, when the situation is precarious, and there is a possibility of invasion by a strong enemy at any time, and you need to race against time to hurry up and work, and you can't even take care of traditional festivals.

This year, Chen Xin finally had a successful holiday with his family.

Because the Sukh Saha group, which threatens the security of the kingdom, has finally been eliminated in the past year, and this is the first Spring Festival that the whole country celebrates together, everyone is very excited.

The festive red color covered the streets and alleys of the entire kingdom, and the joyful atmosphere lasted until the end of the first month, when it slowly faded.

Of course, it is impossible for Chen Xin to hide in the palace during all the festivals.

On some important days, he also kept taking Anya out of the palace to the military regiments and some border posts to comfort the soldiers and officers who could not return home during the festival.

During this period, I have to take the time to contact the old brothers and get together together.

It's a pity that it was not easy to have a holiday, but Zachdan couldn't come back because he was stationed on the front line of Lushun and Jinzhou to defend against the enemies of Houjin, which added a touch of regret to this rare holiday atmosphere.

Although the festival is festive, time cannot be stopped, and when the noisy days pass, the whole kingdom soon resumes its busy scene. All departments have returned to normal production and life.

Soon, it was the end of March.

In the eastern Liaodong region during this time period, everything recovered, and the grass grew and the warbler flew.

On the sea, near the island that used to belong to Dongjiang Town, the ice and snow have melted, and the sea has frozen, and the transport ship can be safely navigated without the use of icebreakers.

The Liaodong Peninsula, which is located in the southernmost part of the Liaodong region, that is, the four fields of Jinzhou City in the southern Liaoning region, a scene of lush vegetation and trees shows a strong sense of spring.

Under the escort of the guard flag team, Chen Xin returned to Lushun Military Port after inspecting Jinzhou City.

This time, the weather conditions are much better, and it is not as urgent as last time, so he took a good look at the left and west of Jinzhou City.

Moreover, on the way back, the whole team walked very slowly, giving Chen Xin more opportunities to pay attention to the scenery along the way.

It's a pity that this area has long been ruined by the Houjin Tartars, and there are no people along the way, and you can only see a lot of villages where the people of Liaodong lived who were burned down by the Houjin army in the previous military disasters.

Almost all the villages have been destroyed, and after several years of wind and rain, they have been completely swallowed up by barren grass, and only a closer look can reveal some clues of charred ruins.

When passing through Nanguanling, Chen Xin saw that there were already thousands of auxiliaries recruited from Lushun to repair the original Nanguan Dun Fort.

Nanguan is about 17 kilometers away from Jinzhou City, 45 kilometers away from Lushun City, and the nearest seaside is less than 3 kilometers away.

If you look closely, you can find that the terrain here is really good, on its east and west sides, there are undulating hilly terrain, and Nanguan is just in one of the plains, and the field of vision is very open.

According to the information obtained from various sources, this was an important node in Liaodong during the Song Dynasty.

At that time, the Liao country's outlet to the sea was selected in Dalian Bay, and in order to protect the sea outlet, the Liao country built the first section of the Great Wall of the Liao State here, which was called Hashan Pass at that time.

Later, at this point in time, the original city wall has disappeared, and even the name has been changed to Nanguan.

Because it is about 30 miles away from Jinzhou City, according to custom, it is also logically called South 30 miles.

After Liaodong was captured by Nurhachi, the soldiers and horses of Dongjiang Town used to build a fort here, but unfortunately, before they could repair it, Lushun was conquered by Mang Gurtai.

Lushun, which was the basis of Nanguan, was lost, and correspondingly, Nanguan could no longer continue to hold on, and was soon demolished by the Houjin army.

Now, if the kingdom wants to re-operate the southern Liaoning region, then the place of Nanguan is a place that must be laid out.

After inspecting the city defense and the training of the mounted infantry in Jinzhou City, Chen Xin immediately sent auxiliary troops to repair the city.

Golden State was the front line of resistance to the Houjin and the enemy, and it was the cavalry garrison at the forefront of the kingdom.

And Nanguan, as an important node between Jinzhou and Lushun, is of course the best choice as a garrison for cavalry units ready to support the defenders of Jinzhou at any time.

Of course, Nanguan is not only a matter of geographical location, but also a large area of barren grass and overgrown fields around it.

This kind of place can be used as one of the sources of material for cavalry horses, and with the source of forage, as long as the concentrate is transported from the sea not far away every once in a while, the nutrition of the horses can be satisfied.

However, Chen Xin actually did not plan to repair Nanguan too strongly, not only was there no need to build the kind of fortress that was prevalent in China before, but even the original height of the fort wall was not necessary.

According to the officers of the General Staff of the Kingdom. The staff officers conducted on-the-spot investigations and held meetings to discuss, and everyone collectively believed that Nanguan only needed to prevent the surprise attack of the enemy's cavalry.

The main role of Nanguan is to rely on this place to cover the withdrawal of Jinzhou's troops when necessary, which is as simple as that.

After the construction of the Nanguan Fort, these summoned auxiliaries will also build some forts around it, and then dig trenches in some places suitable for large groups of cavalry to pass through.

In fact, these are only temporary measures.

The General Staff of the Kingdom believes that the place that needs to be deployed in a key way is the location of the Port Arthur.

Before the overall expansion of the cavalry unit is completed, the total number of soldiers transported to southern Liaoning will not exceed 5,000.

At present, the total strength of the kingdom's army is about 30,000 men.

It is necessary to station a certain amount of troops in the kingdom to guard against the Korean kingdom in the south that has not been completely resolved, and of course, there are some gentry and landlords in the country who want to use their crooked brains after living a good life.

On several key islands where the former Dongjiang Town was located, it was necessary to station a certain amount of troops to deter the Ming army in the Dengzhou area on the other side of the Liaohai Sea and the warlords on the Guanning side, so as to prevent them from taking advantage of the fire to loot.

On the Wa side, a territory as large as Kyushu also needs to be defended by troops, and troops must be sent to raid the newly built arsenals, shipyards, and coastal barracks in the Wa State at any time to prevent the resurgence of the Wa army.

Troops had to be used everywhere, and the total population of the country was growing very slowly, which doomed the kingdom to be unable to launch a full-scale attack in a short time.